Woodward revealed that among the many messages of support the squad has received, was a fax from 1966 England World Cup winner Jack Charlton."I have had messages of support from all over the place," he said."We got a lovely fax from Jack Charlton. He made it very clear that it was ...
England had momentum going into the tournament after winning the European Championship at home last summer. But three of the team's best players, captain Leah Williamson, Fran Kirby and Beth Mead, all had knee injuries that kept them off the World Cup squad. England coach Sarina Wiegman was ...
The squad didn't have to wait long for a winner. Long? They didn't have to wait at all. Robson went straight to 1966 and to the war, and the room erupted. As the folded-back pages revealed, that had been the favourite, and now everybody was falling about. That is exactly ...
Despite a squad filled with post-war giants of the game, many of them were rested for this match after an opening victory against Chile. However, the team for the match against the part timers from the States still included the likes of Finney, Mortensen and Ramsey. The Americans were so...
had previously captained two teams to the FA Cup title: Barnsley in 1912 and Burnley in 1914. As mentioned earlier, Boyle had started the season on the bench, but manager Haworth put him back in the squad on the same game that started their 30-game unbeaten run. Tommy Boyle led all Bu...